Sex differences in epigenetic ageing for older people living with HIVResearch in context by Carrie D. Johnston, Alina P.S. Pang, Eugenia L. Siegler, Charlene Thomas, Chelsie O. Burchett, Mia Crowley, Rochelle O'Brien, Lishomwa C. Ndhlovu, Marshall J. Glesby, Michael J. Corley

“…Despite evidence indicating sex differences in clinical, immunological, and virological measures, females have been underrepresented in most HIV epigenetic studies. Hence, we generated a more representative epigenetic dataset to examine sex differences in epigenetic ageing and relationships to clinical phenotypes and proteomics. …”
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Sensing of Liver‐Derived Nicotinamide by Intestinal Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Links Liver Cirrhosis and Ulcerative Colitis Susceptibility by Jing Shen, Zhen Li, Xiaoyu Liu, Mengqi Zheng, Peng Zhang, Yatai Chen, Qiuheng Tian, Wenyu Tian, Guanjun Kou, Yanyan Cui, Bowen Xu, Yunjiao Zhai, Weijia Li, Xiaohuan Guo, Ju Qiu, Chunyang Li, Ran He, Lixiang Li, Chunhong Ma, Yanqing Li, Xiuli Zuo, Detian Yuan, Shiyang Li

“…Mechanistically, the NAD+ salvage pathway regulates gut ILC2s in a cell‐intrinsic manner by supporting the generation of succinate, which fuels the electron transport chain to sustaining ILC2s function. …”
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Modulation of network excitability by persistent activity: how working memory affects the response to incoming stimuli. by Elisa M Tartaglia, Nicolas Brunel, Gianluigi Mongillo

“…Neurons more active will be more excitable, and thus more responsive to external inputs. …”
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The Effect of Delegation of Responsibilities on Teachers’ Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality, Kabale District. by Seth, Ahumuza

“…The study recommended that Head teachers should allocate more activities to teachers through ensuring that there is existence of functioning departments, consideration of expertise in assignment and allocation of activities, giving positions of responsibility to teachers and being flexible in the management of the schools through letting teachers be involved in handling different matters as situations arise. …”
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Analysis of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling characteristics of artificial freezing process under seepage effects by Peipei Chen, Fengling Yin, Manqi Wang

“…The calculations show that: (1) As the seepage velocity increases, the convective heat transfer effect becomes more significant. The cooling effect generated by the freezing pipe is transmitted more rapidly through the soil, leading to the rapid expansion of the freezing front. …”
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Cacao Agroforestry in Mahakam Ulu: Transformation Strategy from Traditional to Good Agricultural Practices and Smart Agroforestry System by Catur Budi Wiati, Eddy Mangopo Angi, Karmilasanti Karmilasanti, Murniati Murniati, Sri Suharti, Indra A.S.L.P. Putri, Aris Pudji Hadi, Muhammad Furkan, Belasius Anyeq, Krista Tala, Veronica Carolina, Awaluddin Aziz, Ria Andiana, Yuliara Limbong, Yosua Naibaho, Mukrimin Mukrimin

“…The implementation of cacao SAF is anticipated to enhance cacao productivity, improve the welfare of local communities, and preserve the forest’s function as a crucial life support system for the Dayak Community in Mahakam Ulu (Mahulu) District. …”
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Real-world validation of safe reinforcement learning, model predictive control and decision tree-based home energy management systems by Julian Ruddick, Glenn Ceusters, Gilles Van Kriekinge, Evgenii Genov, Cedric De Cauwer, Thierry Coosemans, Maarten Messagie

“…Recent advancements in machine learning based energy management approaches, specifically reinforcement learning with a safety layer (OptLayerPolicy) and a metaheuristic algorithm generating a decision tree control policy (TreeC), have shown promise. …”
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The Effect of Plasma-β on the Heating Mechanisms during Magnetic Reconnection in Partially Ionized Low Solar Atmosphere by Abdullah Zafar, Lei Ni, Kaifeng Kang, Guanchong Cheng, Jing Ye, Jun Lin, Ahmad Ali, Nadia Imtiaz

“…The numerical results show that more plasmoids are generated in a lower β reconnection event. …”
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Global disparities in access to hepatitis C medicines before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ARIMA-based interrupted time series analysis by Nick Bansback, Mina Tadrous, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Michael R Law, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Naveed Z Janjua, Katie J Suda

“…High-income countries purchased more units than other groups. In terms of geographic location, North America (124 144 per 100 000 HCV cases) and Europe (81 001 per 100 000 HCV cases) had the highest DAA sales over time; the newer generation of combination DAAs was mainly used in high-income countries. …”
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Unités Paysagères et services écosystémiques, l’exemple des récifs coralliens by Gilbert David, Émilie Mirault, Gwenaëlle Pennober, Christophe Révillion

“…Thus the reef is not only a natural capital but also a landscape composed of associated resources spaces generating specific ecosystem services. But the finance orientated trend for valuing the environment makes more and more weak this cross cutting view and drives to a deadlock. …”
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Root cause analysis of noise transfer in an entire tractor system using multi-layer operational transfer path analysis by Hyun-Woo Han, Min-Woo Kang, Seong-Hyun Lee, Yun-Ho Seo, Seung-Je Cho, Jeong-Gil Kim, Young-Joo Kim, Young-Jun Park

“…Electric-powered next-generation tractor systems lack masking effects in engines. …”
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MdUGT88F4 involved in the synthesis of isosalipurposide positively regulates the salt stress response of apple plants by Ying Ye, Yanrong Hu, Yuan Liu, Cheng Yu, Kun Zhou, Fengwang Ma, Xiaoqing Gong

“…In order to verify whether it had biological function in apple plants, we generated transgenic apple plants overexpressed MdUGT88F4 and treated them with salt stress. …”
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Effect of <i>Paulownia</i> and Buckwheat Intercropping on Soil Microbial Biodiversity, Dehydrogenase Activity, and Glomalin-Related Soil Protein by Małgorzata Woźniak, Marek Liszewski, Anna Jama-Rodzeńska, Elżbieta Gębarowska, Sylwia Siebielec, Agata Kaczmarek, Bernard Gałka, Dariusz Zalewski, Przemysław Bąbelewski

“…This study shows that tree-based intercropping (TBI) systems promote a more diverse soil microbial community and function than conventional agriculture. …”
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The Coaching for Cognition in Alzheimer's (COCOA) trial: Study design by Jared C. Roach, Junko Hara, Deborah Fridman, Jennifer C. Lovejoy, Kathleen Jade, Laura Heim, Rachel Romansik, Adrienne Swietlikowski, Sheree Phillips, Molly K. Rapozo, Maria A. Shay, Dan Fischer, Cory Funk, Lauren Dill, Michael Brant‐Zawadzki, Leroy Hood, William R. Shankle

“…Secondary outcome measures include the Functional Assessment Staging Test (FAST), a measure of function. …”
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Constructing Real-Life Benchmarks for Community Detection by Rewiring Edges by Jing Xiao, Hong-Fei Ren, Xiao-Ke Xu

“…In order to make the performance evaluation of community detection algorithms more accurate and deepen our analysis of community structures and functional characteristics of real-life networks, a new benchmark constructing method is designed from the perspective of directly rewiring edges in a real-life network instead of building a model. …”
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Reaching new frontiers in nanoelectronics through artificial intelligence by Santhosh Sivasubramani, Themis Prodromakis

“…In materials discovery, AI aids in identifying new, more efficient and sustainable materials. In device design, it enhances the functionality and integration of components. …”
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Grown up in the face of values. The subjective dimension of shaping values in human life. by Rafał Bodarski

“…More and more advanced technological progress, changes in the area of the life model, transforming economies from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources pose a number of challenges and the need to forecast the future. …”
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Inference of Impulse Responses via Bayesian Graphical Structural VAR Models by Daniel Felix Ahelegbey

“…Impulse response functions (IRFs) are crucial for analyzing the dynamic interactions of macroeconomic variables in vector autoregressive (VAR) models. …”
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ICOS-expressing CAR-T cells mediate durable eradication of triple-negative breast cancer and metastasis by Hui Zhang, Fei Yu, Xinxin Chen, Haiyan Ye, Tao Zeng, Lixue Cao, Haojie Peng, Yanzhen Chen, Baijin Xia, Jialing Guo

“…We developed ICOS-enhanced B7H3-CAR-T cells (ICOS-B7H3-CAR) using the third-generation CAR-T cell technology, which featured magnified ICOS expression and targeted the B7H3 antigen. …”
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Modeling neuroinflammatory interactions between microglia and astrocytes in a human iPSC-based coculture platform by Iisa Tujula, Tanja Hyvärinen, Johanna Lotila, Julia Rogal, Dimitrios Voulgaris, Lassi Sukki, Kaisa Tornberg, Katri Korpela, Henna Jäntti, Tarja Malm, Anna Herland, Pasi Kallio, Susanna Narkilahti, Sanna Hagman

“…Importantly, the microfluidic coculture platform established in this study provides a more functional and advanced setup for investigating inflammatory glial interactions in vitro.…”
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